Terms of Use

By reading or using Kwash Liberated (this "site"), you agree to the terms below. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

What this site is

Kwash Liberated is a personal blog of essays, proverbs, reflections, and testimony written by Sharifa Washington. It shares personal opinion and lived experience. It is not a professional service, and using it does not create any professional, therapeutic, legal, financial, or advisory relationship between you and the author.

Intellectual property

All original writing, proverbs, frameworks, and other content on this site are the property of the author unless otherwise noted, and are protected under applicable copyright law. You're welcome to share links to posts and to quote brief excerpts with attribution. Reproducing, republishing, or creating derivative works from substantial portions of this content without written permission is not permitted.

Submitted questions

The Question of the Month feature is anonymous by design — no name or contact information is collected. By submitting a question, you grant the author the right to publish, edit, or condense it at her sole discretion, roughly once a month. There is no guarantee that any particular question will be chosen, and no compensation is offered for submissions. Please don't submit anything you wouldn't want to see published, and avoid including identifying details about yourself or others in the question text itself, since the text may be published as written.

No warranty

Content on this site is provided "as is," reflecting the author's personal views and experience at the time of writing. We make no guarantees about its accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any particular purpose, and views expressed may evolve over time.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the author is not liable for any damages or losses arising from your use of, or reliance on, this site's content, including decisions made based on what you read here. See the separate Disclaimer for more on the nature of this content.

Third-party links

This site may link to external resources — including crisis support lines, other websites, or Bridge to Brilliance Consulting. We aren't responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of sites we don't control.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (please confirm this is correct), without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and any disputes will be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated as the site changes. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised terms.